Thursday, June 29, 2023, Hoang-Kim Vu, Jasper Davidoff
Let's Party! This marks the 12th appearance on the Corner for constructor Hoang-Kim Vu . For a bio-bit on Vu I refer you to Husker's March 18th 2023 review . His collaborator Jasper Davidoff is making his LAT debut but he has had at least one other puzzle published in Universal Crosswords on June 25, 2021. Today they invite us to three different types of celebrations and they've eavesdropped on the types of conversations we're likely to hear at each, as revealed by ... 59A. Political platforms, and an apt title for this puzzle?: PARTY LINES . ... the clue"political platforms" has nothing to do with politics, -- rather it's a metaphor for the theme clues, each of which describe 2 snippets of conversation, which are then filled by a type of PARTY and typical LINES that you might hear at each: 17A. "Pour the tea!" and "Let's pick a new topic of conversation!"?: SOCIAL CUES . An ...